Today 20 children and six adults were murdered in their school in Newtown, CT. Last week it was a mall in Portland, OR. Before that a movie theater in Aurora, CO. How many times do these mass murders, or for that matter, individual murders, have to take place before we pass a ban on assault weapons in this country? Yes, people committed these heinous crimes, but they committed them with hand guns and assault weapons. We need a national ban on assault weapons and much stronger controls on hand guns NOW!

Implementing gun laws to stop the madness of gun massacres in our schools and public places.

CEO's are making millions of dollars, Corporations are making billions of dollars a year. The people at the bottom such as cashiers,cooks, service reps that are dealing with the public are bringing in the revenue and keeping money in your pockets. It is not the job of the Government to give your employees Medical Assistance. It is also not the Governments job to give your employees food stamps to feed their families. Share the wealth and be fair to the employees that are helping you keep your job.

The tragic multiple murders at an elementary school in Connecticut are fresh in our hearts, but they have become an all too regular occurrence. It is time for our leaders to stand against the powerful gun lobby and ask: Do you really believe the ability to own an assault weapon is more important than the ability to protect our children?

The atrocity of the lives of innocent children lost that took place in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2010. If we do not take an immediate stand, the future of children will become obsolete!

My friends and relatives have been affected by the insane acts of a few gun-slinging beasts.

lessen the chances or mentally unstable individuals owning a gun

I am a mother of four children and a Georgia public school teacher. I cannot sit idly as armed gunmen enter our public schools and kill innocent, unarmed students and public school staff. The safety of our children is grossly overestimated. Schools are wide open to this sort of violence and we must address the problem TODAY.

How much is the U.S. congress costing the citizens of this country each year? We need a complete accounting of their income from lobbying and personal funds, expenditures for staff, office supplies, travel, etc. How many days of the year do they do actual work for the taxpayer, not counting travel times to and from their home base and junkets.

This petition seeks promote public safety by tracking purchases of high volumes of ammunition. This petition recommends developing and maintaining a national database and permitting system to track purchases of ammunition.

Florida is one of 4 states that does not restore voting rights to felons who have served their sentences, completed parole or probation, or any combination of these. Instead, Florida has a complicated, lengthy and costly petition process to get rights restored. Last year only 78 successfully made it through the process, and most don't even try. Year after year in voter registration drives, I am saddened to see the shame and bitterness on so many faces, often because of a mistake made in their youth, when they say they will never be allowed to vote. How can we expect responsible civic participation from all these people, when they are told they will be disenfranchised for life? We all lose.

Seeing how many children and staff in Schools DIEING for an unecessary death. I have grandchildren who is at school age. One is getting ready to go to kindergarten. It is scary how you send your kids to school where you think our children are safe. Proof shows they are not safe due to lack of trained Security. You are not safe anywhere. You can run but you can not hide. Crime will follow you. Sad but true. You think living in the country suburbs your safe. They're crazy people all over.